With Houston last year, Andersen got into 63 games, all coming off the bench and averaging 14 minutes a game.

In Toronto, depending on whether he plays centre of power forward, he'll be backing up the likes of Andrea Bargnani, Amir Johnson, Ed Davis or even Solomon Alibi.

Anderson though feels like he has a read on his new team.

"I know it's a European team with a coach who has a bit of a different strategy so I'm looking forward to a new team and new thing," he said.

As for his own game, Andersen describes it this way: "I suppose I'm a versatile big guy. I can swing between the four and five. It's a matter of me coming in and finding my slot on the team and trying to find ways I can help them."

Andersen won't have a long time to get over Australia's tough finish at the worlds before training camp opens in just over three weeks.

"It was a big disappointing," Andersen said. "We've worked hard the last month and a half and to come in we thought we had a really good chance but to (Slovenia's) credit they played a great game. I thought they shot the (crap) out of it. Once they got their flow going it's hard to stop a team like that."